Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Spending falling: -1
but now stabilising: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

BICON CONTINUITY LIMITED

We ensure a broadly accessible, national residential event for bisexual people and allies happens annually, via financial assistance (usually by way of loans), to the event's organisers. The event is called BiCon. We also assist with funding for smaller projects that advance our charitable objective eg. printing costs for bisexual specific information for local bi groups to use at pride stalls.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is predominantly male
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
30/11/22		£16	£1	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
30/11/21		£4	£6	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/11/20	*	£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
30/11/19		£21	£0	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/11/18		£1	£28	£-27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/17		£8	£0	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/16		£0	£8	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/15	*	£16	£12	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/11/14		£15	£1	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years
(12 years as a company)

http://biconcontinuity.org.uk/

info@biconcontinuity.org.uk

07870217861

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-61

ANNA CLARE SHARMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

ASHA WOLFE-ROBINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Custom Service Adviser

DAVID JOHN MATTHEWMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Software Engineer

DR IAN WADE JACKSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Software Engineer

IAN RICHARD WATTERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: HEALTH EQUALITY AND RIGHTS ORGANISATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/03/2014, number: 1156331
Registered at Companies House on 02/11/2011, number: 07832986

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR15: 0 days late,

Main office

9 Montgomery Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 2EQ

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG BISEXUAL PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING BISEXUAL, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVICE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GENERAL SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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